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This guide starts at sign-in, shows how to enter the Business view, and then takes you to a shareable payment link and your first sales record in Finance. This quickstart follows the Card / USD path, so merchant verification comes before product creation.
Open the Anyway app to begin. Business and Agents are two views in the same app, and you can switch between them at any time.

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1. Enter the Business view

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Sign in to Anyway

Open app.anyway.sh and sign in. On first use in a browser, the app opens in the Business view by default; later visits in that browser restore the last view you used.
2

Confirm the Business view

Check the product name at the top of the left sidebar. If it shows Business, continue. If a previous session remembered Agents, open the product switcher and select Anyway Business.
3

Land on Payment setup

A brand-new account is taken once to Settings → Setting up — the Payment setup checklist. It tracks everything required to accept payments and get paid out, grouped by the capability each section unlocks:
  • Merchant verification — unlocks Card / USD products and payment links;
  • Payment integration — API keys and webhooks, usable from day one;
  • Settlement — payout accounts and tax information.
Payment setup — fresh account at 0/7 with the corner progress card
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Choose the application entity

At the top of Payment setup, choose whether you apply as a Business or a Sole proprietor. This determines which information merchant verification asks for — a business also adds its business details. The company-documents row shown for businesses is marked Awaiting backend: it cannot be submitted in the app yet and does not count toward completion.
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Keep the corner card handy

The same checklist stays available as a card in the bottom-right corner on every Business page. Minimise it and the progress count remains visible; it disappears once everything is complete.
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Confirm the Business navigation

The left sidebar includes Home, Products, Customers, Sales (Subscriptions, Orders), Finance (Income, Payout), and Settings.
To return to Agents, open the same switcher and select Anyway Agents. Switching views does not require another account or a page rebuild.

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2. Complete merchant verification

Complete the Merchant verification section of Payment setup and wait for the status to reach Approved before creating a Card / USD product.
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Open Payment setup

Go to Settings → Setting up. Actions that start, continue, or update the application lead here. While the application is under review, the Payout page offers Refresh status. A rejected application offers Contact support instead.
2

Fill in each verification item

Complete Tell us what you sell, Add your business details (business accounts), Confirm your site is ready, and Verify your identity. Each row opens its form in place.
3

Submit the application

Review the information and submit it for verification.
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Respond to follow-up requests

If more information is requested, update the application and submit it again.
The verification items belong to one reviewed application. After approval, editing any of them sends the whole application back to review. Until it is approved again, new Card / USD products, payment links, and payout accounts are unavailable. Existing payment links and payouts keep working.
See Business verification for the application workflow and statuses.

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3. Create a product

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Open Products

In the Business view, select Products, then Create product.
2

Describe what you sell

Add a product name, description, price, currency, and pricing configuration.
3

Choose a payment method

Choose a payment method and complete the setup shown in the form.
4

Create the product

Select Create Product. Anyway opens a success dialog with Copy payment link, Preview checkout, and Done. Selecting Done returns to Products. You can also open the product and copy its payment link from the overview.

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4. Take the first payment

Open the public payment link in a separate browser session to preview the buyer experience. After a successful payment:
  • the order appears in Orders;
  • a platform-collected Card / USD sale appears in Finance after a short processing delay.

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5. Prepare payouts

Adding your first payout account is the Settlement item of Payment setup. Merchant verification must be Approved before you can add it. The verification action on the Payout page changes with the application state, and the add-account flow stays locked until approval.
Payout page on a fresh account — verification banner, zero balance, no payout accounts yet
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Confirm approval

Confirm that merchant verification is Approved.
2

Add a payout account

In Finance → Payout (or from the Settlement section of Payment setup), add a US ACH, UK bank, Hong Kong bank in USD or HKD, Alipay, or China bank payout account.
3

Add other accounts if needed

Save additional payout accounts if your organization needs them.
4

Request a payout

When your available USD balance is at least $50, select a saved account and submit a payout request.

Understand Finance

Learn how balances, transactions, fees, and payout states work.

Follow an order

Match a checkout to its order and Finance transaction.